Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Riverside County, California, has about 2.5 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Riverside County depends on where the incident happened: the Riverside County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the California Public Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Riverside County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Riverside County that is the Riverside County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also places the Highway Patrol's seven offices in Riverside County; a report taken on a state highway by one of them comes from that agency's own records office.
The FBI's agency list also places three campus police departments, two state agencies and one other agency in Riverside County, each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Riverside County Sheriff's Office
The Riverside County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 973 violent and 5,184 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 3,583 arrests for 2023.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at riversidesheriff.org/213/Inmate-Information (page title: Inmate Information | Riverside County Sheriff, CA), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Riverside County
The 28 cities the FBI lists in Riverside County with a reporting agency of their own, the largest twelve first, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Riverside: 1,744 violent and 7,105 property crimes reported for 2025; 8,041 arrests reported for 2025.
- Moreno Valley: 645 violent and 3,540 property crimes reported for 2025; 2,963 arrests reported for 2023.
- Corona: 388 violent and 2,578 property crimes reported for 2025; 3,858 arrests reported for 2025. The Corona police records page is at coronaca.gov/departments/police/support-services-division/records-s..., phone 951-736-2330 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Menifee: 205 violent and 961 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,257 arrests reported for 2025.
- Murrieta: 210 violent and 971 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,534 arrests reported for 2025.
- Temecula: 172 violent and 1,475 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,462 arrests reported for 2023.
- Jurupa Valley: 150 violent and 2,049 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,401 arrests reported for 2023.
- Indio: 254 violent and 724 property crimes reported for 2025; 2,298 arrests reported for 2025. The Indio police records page is at indiopd.org/divisions/support-services-division/police-records, phone (760) 391-4057 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Hemet: 373 violent and 1,802 property crimes reported for 2025; 2,282 arrests reported for 2025.
- Perris: 228 violent and 1,532 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,403 arrests reported for 2022.
- Lake Elsinore: 86 violent and 1,251 property crimes reported for 2025; 924 arrests reported for 2023.
- Eastvale: 37 violent and 906 property crimes reported for 2025; 324 arrests reported for 2023.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The rest: Beaumont, San Jacinto, Palm Desert, Cathedral City, Palm Springs, Coachella, La Quinta, Wildomar, Desert Hot Springs, Banning, Norco, Rancho Mirage, Blythe, Canyon Lake, Calimesa and Indian Wells.
How Many Reports: Riverside County in 2025
The 28 agencies in Riverside County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,826 violent and 37,785 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 13 agencies in Riverside County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 25,498 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the California Public Records Act Requires
The California Public Records Act sets the rules: an answer within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances, at a charge of the direct cost of copying only, not staff time, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at riversidecountyca.nextrequest.com (page title: Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Riverside County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Riverside County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the California Public Records Act the answer is due within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances.
How long does an agency in Riverside County have to answer?
Under the California Public Records Act, within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances. It may charge the direct cost of copying only, not staff time.
Who has a crash report from a state highway in Riverside County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Highway Patrol's seven offices in Riverside County.
How do I get a report from the Riverside County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the California Public Records Act the answer is due within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances.
Is this the official Riverside County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.